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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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